Ariel Wizman (born 19 May 1962) is a French musician, DJ, journalist and actor born in Casablanca, Morocco.de Chamberet, Georgia (1999) XCiTés: The Flamingo Book of Fresh French Writing, Flamingo, , p. 209"Biographie d'Ariel Wizman", Evene.com, retrieved 2010-02-03"La biographie de Ariel Wizman ", ActuStar.com, retrieved 2010-02-03
Life and career His family, as many Moroccan Jewish families, left Morocco after the Six-Day War and settled in France. In Paris, Wizman met the philosopher Emmanuel Lévinas and thanks to him, he attended the École Normale Israélite Orientale. At a gypsy party, he met Édouard Baer and they co-presented a radio show on Radio Nova.
Wizman has worked for Actuel, Vogue Homme and 20 Ans, and produced several programs for France Culture. In 1995, he was chief director of >Interactif and is currently a DJ.
Wizman has also appeared as a writer in Nulle part ailleurs. From September 2003 to June 2005, with Stéphane Bern, he presented Tentations.06 on Canal+.Thomas, Chucky (2003) "Transcending Borders", Billboard, 22 March 2003, retrieved 2010-02-03
He is half of the electronic music duo Grand Popo Football Club along with Nicolas Errèra, with an album, Shampoo Victims, released in 2000, and a second, Venom in the grass, released in February 2010."Nouvel album pour le chroniqueur de Canal+, Ariel Wizman", InfluMedia, 29 December 2009, retrieved 2010-02-03
Wizman controversially became the voice of a French Ministry of Industry campaign against internet music piracy in 2004, although he later claimed that he was misled into taking part."Le message anti-pirates d'Ariel Wizman détourné", Nouvel Obs, 24 January 2005, retrieved 2010-02-03Champeau, Guillaume (2005) "Ariel Wizman (suite) : histoire d'un mea culpa raté", Numerama, 6 January 2005, retrieved 2010-02-03Vignale, Frédéric (2005) "Interview : Ariel Wizman", Le Mague, 20 January 2005, retrieved 2010-02-03"L’erreur fondamentale d’Ariel Wizman", foutraque.com, 31 January 2010, retrieved 2010-02-03
In 2009, special editions of Nickel "Morning After Rescue-Gel" were produced, featuring designs showing Wizman or his initials."Ariel Wizman relooke une crème ", Menstyle.fr, 3 February 2010, retrieved 2010-02-03
Filmography Iznogoud (2005) La face noire des relations publiques - documentary by Ariel Wizman broadcast on Canal+ Les Yeux jaunes des crocodiles (2014)
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